2 Samuel 15:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

After this, Absalom prepared him charets & horses, and fiftie men to runne before him.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:5 : 5 Then Adoniiah the sonne of Haggith exalted himselfe, saying, I will be King; he gate him charets and horsemen, and fiftie men to run before him.
  • 1 Sam 8:11 : 11 And he saide, This shall be the maner of the King that shall reigne ouer you: he will take your sonnes, and appoint them to his charets, and to be his horsemen, and some shall runne before his charet.
  • 2 Sam 12:11 : 11 Thus sayth the Lord, Behold, I will rayse vp euil against thee out of thine owne house, and will take thy wiues before thine eyes, and giue them vnto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wiues in the sight of this sunne.
  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Some trust in chariots, & some in horses: but we will remember the Name of ye Lord our God.
  • Prov 11:2 : 2 When pride commeth, then commeth shame: but with the lowly is wisdome.
  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an high minde before the fall.
  • Prov 17:19 : 19 He loueth transgression, that loueth strife: and he that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction.
  • Jer 22:14-16 : 14 He saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers: so he will make him selfe large windowes, and feeling with cedar, and paint them with vermilion. 15 Shalt thou reigne, because thou closest thy selfe in cedar? Did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper, when he executed iudgement and iustice? 16 When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?
  • 1 Kgs 1:33 : 33 Then the King said vnto them, Take with you the seruants of your lorde, and cause Salomon my sonne to ride vpon mine owne mule, & carie him downe to Gihon.
  • 1 Kgs 10:26-29 : 26 Then Salomon gathered together charrets and horsemen: and he had a thousand and foure hundreth charets, and twelue thousande horsemen, whome hee placed in the charet cities, and with the King at Ierusalem. 27 And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem as stones, and gaue cedars as the wilde figtrees that growe abundantly in the plaine. 28 Also Salomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and fine linen: the Kings marchants receiued the linen for a price. 29 There came vp & went out of Egypt some charet, worth sixe hundreth shekels of siluer: that is, one horse, an hundreth and fiftie and thus they brought horses to all the Kings of the Hittites and to the Kings of Aram by their meanes.
  • Deut 17:16 : 16 In any wise he shall not prepare him many horses, nor bring the people againe to Egypt, for to encrease the number of horses, seeing the Lord hath sayd vnto you, Ye shal henceforth goe no more againe that way.

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  • 2 Sam 15:2-7
    6 verses
    82%

    2And Absalom rose vp early, & stoode hard by the entring in of the gate: and euery man that had any matter, & came to the King for iudgement, him did Absalom call vnto him, and sayde, Of what citie art thou? And he answered, Thy seruant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

    3Then Absalom said vnto him, See, thy matters are good and righteous, but there is no man deputed of the King to heare thee.

    4Absalom sayd moreouer, Oh that I were made Iudge in the lande, that euery man which hath any matter of controuersie, might come to me, that I might do him iustice.

    5And when any man came neere to him, and did him obeisance, he put forth his hand, & tooke him, and kissed him.

    6And on this maner did Absalom to al Israel, that came to the King for iudgement: so Absalom stale the hearts of the men of Israel.

    7And after fourtie yeeres, Absalom sayd vnto the King, I pray thee, let me go to Hebron, and render my vowe which I haue vowed vnto the Lorde.

  • 1 Kgs 1:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5Then Adoniiah the sonne of Haggith exalted himselfe, saying, I will be King; he gate him charets and horsemen, and fiftie men to run before him.

    6And his father would not displease him from his childehood, to say, Why hast thou done so? And hee was a very goodly man, and his mother bare him next after Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 15:10-15
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    76%

    10Then Absalom sent spyes throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When yee heare the sound of the trumpet, Ye shal say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

    11And with Absalom went two hundreth men out of Ierusalem, that were called: & they went in their simplicitie, knowing nothing.

    12Also Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite Dauids counseller, from his citie Giloh, while he offred sacrifices: & the treason was great: for the people encreased still with Absalom.

    13Then came a messenger to Dauid, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are turned after Absalom.

    14Then Dauid sayd vnto all his seruants that were with him at Ierusalem, Vp, and let vs flee: for we shall not escape from Absalom: make speede to depart, lest he come suddenly and take vs, and bring euill vpon vs, and smite the citie with the edge of the sworde.

    15And the Kings seruants sayd vnto him, Behold, thy seruants are ready to do according to all that my lord the King shal appoynt.

  • 2 Sam 17:24-26
    3 verses
    76%

    24Then Dauid came to Mahanaim; Absalom passed ouer Iorden, he, and all the men of Israel with him.

    25And Absalom made Amasa captaine of the hoste in the stead of Ioab: which Amasa was a mans sonne named Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Ioabs mother.

    26So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

  • 2 Sam 16:15
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    15And Absalom, & all the people, the men of Israel, came to Ierusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

  • 2 Sam 13:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23And after the time of two yeeres, Absalom had sheepesherers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim, and Absalom called all the Kings sonnes.

    24And Absalom came to the King and sayd, Beholde now, thy seruant hath sheepesherers: I pray thee, that the King with his seruants would goe with thy seruant.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    75%

    1Then Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah perceyued, that the Kings heart was toward Absalom,

  • 2 Sam 18:15
    74%

    15And tenne seruants that bare Ioabs armour, compassed about and smote Absalom, and slewe him.

  • 2 Sam 13:29-30
    2 verses
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    29And the seruantes of Absalom did vnto Amnon, as Absalom had commanded: and al the Kings sonnes arose, and euery man gate him vp vpon his mule, and fled.

    30And while they were in the way, tydings came to Dauid, saying, Absalom hath slaine al the Kings sonnes, & there is not one of them left.

  • 2 Sam 17:1
    73%

    1Moreouer Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me chuse out now twelue thousand men, & I will vp and follow after Dauid this night,

  • 2 Sam 13:34
    73%

    34Then Absalom fled: and the yong man that kept the watch, lift vp his eyes, and looked, and behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behinde him.

  • 2 Sam 14:28-33
    6 verses
    73%

    28So Absalom dwelt the space of two yeres in Ierusalem, and saw not the Kings face.

    29Therefore Absalom sent for Ioab to sende him to the King, but he would not come to him: and when he sent againe, he would not come.

    30Therefore he sayde vnto his seruants, Beholde, Ioab hath a fielde by my place, and hath barley therein: go, and set it on fire: and Absaloms seruants set the field on fire.

    31Then Ioab arose, & came to Absalom vnto his house, & sayd vnto him, Wherefore haue thy seruants burnt my field with fire?

    32And Absalom answered Ioab, Beholde, I sent for thee, saying, Come thou hither, and I wil send thee to the King for to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? It had bene better for me to haue bene there still: nowe therefore let mee see the Kings face: and if there be any trespasse in me, let him kill me.

    33Then Ioab came to the King, & told him: & he called for Absalom, who came to the King, and bowed himselfe to the grounde on his face before the King, and the King kissed Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 14:23-25
    3 verses
    72%

    23And Ioab arose, and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Ierusalem.

    24And the King sayde, Let him turne to his owne house, & not see my face. So Absalom turned to his owne house, & saw not the Kings face.

    25Nowe in all Israel there was none to be so much praysed for beautie as Absalom: from the sole of his foote euen to the toppe of his head there was no blemish in him.

  • 2 Sam 15:37
    72%

    37So Hushai Dauids friend went into the citie: and Absalom came into Ierusalem.

  • 2 Sam 18:5
    72%

    5And the King commanded Ioab and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Entreate the yong man Absalom gently for my sake; all the people heard whe the King gaue al the captaines charge concerning Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 17:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.

    5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let vs heare likewise what he sayth.

  • 2 Sam 16:22
    71%

    22So they spread Absalom a tent vpon the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 16:20
    71%

    20Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel, Giue counsell what we shall doe.

  • 2 Sam 19:1
    71%

    1And it was tolde Ioab, Behold, the King weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 17:9
    71%

    9Behold, he is hid now in some caue, or in some place: and though some of them be ouerthrowen at the first, yet the people shall heare, and say, The people that follow Absalom, be ouerthrowen.

  • 2 Sam 18:9
    71%

    9Nowe Absalom met the seruants of Dauid, and Absalom rode vpon a mule, and the mule came vnder a great thicke oke: and his head caught holde of the oke, and he was taken vp betweene the heauen and the earth: and the mule that was vnder him went away.

  • 2 Sam 13:27
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    27But Absalom was instant vpon him, & he sent Amnon with him, & all the Kings children.

  • 2 Sam 18:18-19
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    18Nowe Absalom in his life time had taken and reared him vp a pillar, which is in the kings dale: for he saide, I haue no sonne to keepe my name in remembrance; he called the pillar after his owne name, & it is called vnto this day, Absaloms place.

    19Then said Ahimaaz the sonne of Zadok, I pray thee, let me runne, and beare the King tidings that the Lorde hath deliuered him out of the hande of his enemies.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    70%

    21And the King sayde vnto Ioab, Beholde nowe, I haue done this thing: go then, & bring the yong man Absalom againe.

  • 2 Chr 1:14
    70%

    14And Salomon gathered the charets and horesemen: and he had a thousand and foure hundreth charets, and twelue thousande horsemen, whome he placed in the charet cities, and with the King at Ierusalem.

  • 2 Sam 15:17
    69%

    17And the King went forth & all the people after him, and taried in a place farre off.